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Isaac Asimov
Fantasy & Science Fiction
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0-385-18915-X
Counting the Eons
The Subatomic Monster
Isaac Asimov
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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White Dwarf
Langford, Dave
White Dwarf

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